Improvement in warring-machines



N. PETERS, PHOTQ-UTNOCRAPHER. WASHiNGToN. c c.

I @limi (tinte JACOB FURRER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 110,225, dated December 20, 1870; antedated December 9, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN vW'KARPIN(|-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred tn in these Letters Patent and makingpart oi' the same.

To all whcm 'it may concern Be it known that I,JA`ooB FURRER, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in warping-Machine; and I do hereby declarejthe following to be a correct'descriptou ofthe same.

This invention is especially intended for winding silk and similar warps, wherein great accuracy and uniformity of length are required.

.supported upon the cross-bars c of the frame d of the machine, and can be moved along from one end ofthe machine to the other as the winding progresses.

The warps from the spools epass through the swing- "mg separating-comb f, and under and over the guidebars gg, and through the reed h to the windingreel la.V

The reed h is to correspond to. theY reed to be `used in the loom, and the warps are threaded in a similar manner, either two vor four to the deut.

The reed h, bars'gyand combfare mounted upon a frame, l, that slides transversely of 'the machine Aupon the' bars 'm m, and

nis a screw that takes a sectional nut, n', upon l.

The screw n and reel k are revolved at the desired speed by the train p 1J of gearing, driven by power applied to the-pulleyp or otherwise; and

q represents a stop-motion lever and clutch.

.Lhe warps are wound upon the reel'k, one layer lapping upon the next, and, therefore, the size of the "outer coil is larger than the inner coil.

To compensate this increased size of the second layer, as it is wound upon the iirst, I employ inclined ends i c' to the bars of the reel. k, so that the 'rst layer ofwarps shall be the same length as thesubsequent layers. This is eEected-by commencing to wind the rstlayer of warps at the junction of the inclined vends t and the bars of the reel, and directing the warps toward the ends of the inclines, so that the winding' progresses gradually np the inclines, and then the" next layer of warps is commenced on the bars of the reel, and wound upon the previous layer of warps, as illustrated in Figure 4.

In this operation the screw n, being revolved simultaneously with the reel, the warps are laid in a grad- Vual spiral line by the screw n drawing the reed h, and other parts carried by the frame l, along toward the gearing p. The inclines c'. maybe adjusted by screws applied beneath their outer ends, Vas seen in iig. 4.

It is now to be' understood 'that when a certain number of revolutions of the reel 7c has been made, the warps are cut, and their loose ends secured upon the reel by a pin or clamp; then the operator takes a little gauge or measure ofa width corresponding to the space occupied by the warps as they pass through the reed h, and with this gauge* determines the distance that the frame l has to be set along in order to commence the winding of the next layer. llhis is effected by a collar, fr, that is clamped to oneof the rods m at the proper distance from theedge of the framed; then the divided nut n is opened, and the frame l slipped along to that point, or the screw n revolved back independently by a crank and ratchet connection to the gearing.

The reel and parts'are set in motion after the ends of the warps have again been attached to the reel,

and thus the successive layers are wound upon the reel, and occupy the same width as the warps do in the reed of theloom, the warps, therefore, when wound upon the beam or roller, will be in their correct position and of uniform length, the parts being mo'ved along after winding each layer until the necessary width of warps is obtained.

In order to facilitate the winding of given lengths upon the reel, I employ a train of gears, s, pawl s1, ratchet-wheel s2, and dial s3, to keep count of the number of revolutions ofthe reel, and to'iudicate, by a blow upon the bell s?, each movement of the-pawl sl.

-These parts are shown detached in Figure 5. 1 When this apparatus is used for winding the warp oi the reel la lupon the warp-beam or roller t, said beam is mounted in the position shown in iig. 3, and Y receives motion from the gears p.'

The reel lo is taken out of its bearings, and, in place thereof, the cloth-covered rollers is inserted, and over thsthe warps pass to the beam t, and give to s'vuch roller, v, revolution as the winding progresses, and a disk, c', (see Figure 6,) set at an inclination on the axis of this roller c and taking a standing notch, gives end motion to the roller c as it revolves, so that the -warps are crossed upon each other and laid with. uniformity npon'the beam.

The reel 7c is mounted upon a frame, fw, that sets upon the bars m'm, and connects with 'the screw n by a divided nut.

Friction is applied to the hub of the wheel w', with which the wheel p4 of the `reel le gears, so as to apply the necessary detaining force to' the' \va1ps, and a m01 tion is givento the screw 'n through the gears p5, as the reel revolves, to move the reel endwise the distance corresponding'totlie spiral in which the layers 1 of warps are wound upon the reel, so that all the warps of the diierent layers unwind simultaneously from the reel -zmd with uniformity; enoli'thi'ead of the Warp being wound in a. spiral conical posit-ion on' the reel.

I do not claim the warp-winding mechanism shown in the English patent No. 169, granted A. 1).'1861.

' What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

1. The movable collar fr, clamped to the rod m, and forming-a auge to setthe'parts, in combination with the frame reed h, screw n, and reel k, as nnd for the purposes set forth. 

